Medieval history; the life and death of a civilization (original 1963; edition 1969)

by Norman F. Cantor

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Title:	Medieval history; the life and death of a civilization
Authors:	Norman F. Cantor
Info:	[New York] Macmillan [1969] xxiii, 584 p. maps. 24 cm. 2d ed.
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An excellent survey of the European scene from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West, to the sixteenth Century, Cantor has a good command of the sources, and clear expression. The book, though now some decades old, is still assignable as a survey and basis for more detailed reading. (

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1963

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Even the heavenly city, while in its state of
pilgrimage, avails itself of the peace of the earth
. . . and makes this earthly peace bear upon
the peace of heaven.
— St. Augustine, The City of God

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To My Father and Mother

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Preface to the Second Edition: When this book was published in 1963, it differed from the other general histories of medieval civilization available for use as textbooks in American universities in two histories.

Preface to the Second Edition: During the past eight years I have taught medieval history to students at Columbia, Barnard, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Yeshiva, and Manitoba.

Prologue: In beginning the study of any subject we have a right to ask, What are its uses, Why should we apply our time and energy to this subject, Of what use is this study in our own lives?

Introduction: It is possible to designate the precise day on which the study of the middle ages as a branch of historical literature really begins.

Chapter One: Edward Gibbon believed that men were happiest under the rule of the Roman empire in the second century A.D.

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